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Aquarius, and may be safely lodged there. The term lord, as connected with this subject, is thus explained by Lilly:

"That planet whose house is occupied by any other, is said to be the lord or ruler of that other; and if his sign be on the cusp of any house, he is called the lord of that house. Thus if Aries ascend in any figure, Mars, who rules that sign, is Lord of the Ascendant."

All the different signs and houses are also significant of certain diseases: thus, Cancer (Lilly p. 60) signifies a weak digestion, rotten coughs, &c.; Virgo, croaking of the bowels; and Pisces, mucous discharges, and the itch. They are also connected with particular places: as Libra represents saw pits, upper rooms, and garrets. They are supposed, likewise, to rule over different countries: thus England, Germany, Denmark, &c. are subject to Aries; and over different towns, as Dublin, Mantua, Leipsic, &c. which are governed by Taurus. I should tire my readers were I to enumerate all the absurd principles of the system the truth is, all places, countries, plants, minerals, and animals, are arranged under the different planets, signs, and houses; and at the end of Dr. Sibly's astrology, I find that evil spirits are included in the catalogue.

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The subjects which remain to be examined are, horary astrology, fortunate days and hours, the

calculation of nativities, mundane astrology, atmospherical astrology, astrological facts, and the theology of the subject. The first of these articles I hoped to have dispatched in the present communication; but on reviewing what I have written, I cannot, Mr. Editor, now trespass further on your limits. I intend, in my concluding letter, to examine those passages of scripture which have been wrested from their true import to serve astrological purposes; and to exhibit such a constellation of witnesses from the word of God, against the practice of astrology, as, I trust, shall put the professors to shame; and the disclosures respecting horary astrology, reserved for my next, may make even Philip Wood hang down his head. This Philip Wood is a poor creature, who has just shewn his foolish face in the “ Free Press,” and his wretched performance occupies nearly two columns of that journal. This man, not satisfied with the Lieutenant's exertions in the noble cause, has ventured forth himself in its defence, and in nearly every sentence has declared such war against the King's English, that he deserves a severe flogging; and though he professes that he never met with such a presumptuous man as I am in all his experience, I tell him, that I hope soon to pull down the whole celestial fabric about his ears. With regard to his observations about lunar influence, I think he evi

dently needs a caution; I give it him in one wordBEWARE!* This daring sinner, by a quotation from the APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT, has positively introduced the Saviour of the world, to authorize and sanction his system of iniquity. I know not whether Lieut. Morrison deems himself honoured by such a coadjutor.-But here I leave the professor of "Divine and celestial magic," with his " essences -particles-triplicity of principles-moral agency -prescience," and HIS" New system of theology," together with his proffered instruction; recommending to his attention, the prayerful consideration of two passages the first is in Proverbs (xxvi. 3)-"A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." The second he will find in Acts (xiii. 10)" O full of all subtlety, and all mischief, thou child of the devil; thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ?"

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I am, Sir, &c.

January, 1836.

T. H. MOODY.

* Appendix, No. 10.

LETTER V.

SIR,

In my last, I promised that the present letter should make such disclosures respecting horary astrology and its principles, as developed in Lilly's work, republished last year by Zadkiel, (a gentleman dearly beloved by Lieutenant Morrison,) as should make even Philip Wood ashamed. The Lieutenant has not forgotten this, as I perceive from his miserable production in your last; he labours to divert me from my purpose, by his empty bluster respecting Lady King's nativity: he resembles a boy who is dreading the approach of his master, from whom he has reason to expect a sound thrashing: for he already, by anticipation, writhes under the facts about to be communicated; and appears to be so confused in his upper story, that perhaps it would be well for him to attend to the words of Juvenal :

"Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano."

He declares that he has no intention of arguing the truth or falsehood of astrology with me, and yet im

mediately proceeds to do both, bnt in his own peculiar way; and in his eagerness to defend his beloved idol, he has positively not paid that regard to truth which we should expect from a naval officer and a man of honour. He says

"In Lady King's nativity, the meridian at birth received no aspect of the Sun; but the Sun after passing over 21 degrees 53 minutes, arrived at a sextile aspect of the meridian which measured 19 years and near 9 months, the autumn of 1835, at which time IT WAS PREDICTED IN THE GRAMMAR SHE SHOULD MARRY, and she accordingly did."

Now this is really too bad; the Lieutenant talks of my deceiving the public, which I trust I never did; but this is a THUMPER. The conclusion to which Zadkiel ultimately came respecting the marriage of this lady, is to be found at page 137 of the Grammar. Zadkiel, having shewn that the Moon will form a a sextile aspect with Jupiter-19 days, 20 hours, 52 minutes, after the time of birth, then says

"This, at the rate of a day for a year, is just 19 years, 10 months, and 13 days, which age the native attains on the 23d of October 1835; and, as at the age of 20 years and 26 days, or the 5th of January, 1836, the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun in the secondary direction, it is not at all improbable that the former of these periods may be that of the engagement being formed, and the latter that of its consummation!"

Zadkiel here affirms that it was not at all improbable that Lord Byron's daughter would be married

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